Where does “sanomalehtipaperi” come from?

sanomalehtipaperi (Finnish) comes from Finnish paperi, from Old Swedish paper, from Middle Low German papir, from Middle High German papier, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine.

sanomalehtipaperi (Finnish): newsprint

Definitions

  1. newsprint

Ancestry of “sanomalehtipaperi”, step by step

sanomalehtipaperi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paperi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaperipaper; document; ID
2Old Swedishpaper
3Middle Low Germanpapir
4Middle High Germanpapier
5Old Frenchpapierto murmur
6Old Catalanpaperpaper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing
7Latinpapȳruspapyrus plant
8French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
9Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
10Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
11Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
12Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
13Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
14Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Finnish sanomalehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsanomalehtiA newspaper
2FinnishsanomaA message, communication; Agent participle of...
3FinnishI
4FinnishminäI; ego; self
5Proto-FinnicminäI, me
6Uralic*minä
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a